Comparison

聚能学 vs ShadowTuber

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

聚能学

Features
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用自己的视频、音频和字幕,逐句练听力、跟读原声。 导入英语或日语学习材料,点击字幕中的一句,反复听、慢速听,再留出时间开口跟读。没有配套字幕,也可以先听音频。 可以先打开内置的快速入门指南,熟悉点句和跟读操作,再导入自己的材料。 【听一句,再跟一句】 · 点击字幕,跳转到对应片段 · 单句循环,把没听清的部分反复听几遍 · 调慢播放速度,听清原声的发音和语调 · 轮读时留出跟读间隔,按自己的节奏开口练习 · 隐藏字幕先听,再显示字幕核对 【视频、音频都能用】 · 导入自己的视频,也可导入 MP3、M4A、WAV 等音频文件 · 为材料配上有时间轴的字幕,用于点句、复听和跟读 · 支持 SRT、ASS、SSA 和行级 LRC 字幕 · 使用双语字幕时,可结合原文与译文理解内容 · 可提取 MKV 中可用的内封字幕,选择可用字幕或音轨 · 遇到字幕乱码,可手动调整编码 【想接着听,就连续播放】 · 视频切换为“只听”,离开播放页后继续收听原声 · 在 App 内通过迷你播放器暂停、继续或返回播放页 · 开启“允许后台播放”后,普通收听可在后台继续,并使用系统媒体控件控制 · 从合集中开始播放,可按开始时的顺序接着听音频或视频原声 单句循环和跟读在进入后台时会暂停;回到前台后,主动继续原来的练习。 【把自己的学习材料整理好】 · 自行新建合集,把语料按自己的学习安排放入不同合集 · 为合集和语料重命名,从“继续学习”回到最近练过的内容 · 在文件管理中查看媒体和字幕,按文件名查找 · 通过系统“文件”App 导入,或在同一可信局域网中用电脑浏览器传入 【先体验,再导入】 打开内置的快速入门指南,先熟悉点句和跟读操作,再导入自己想练的内容。 iPhone 随时练习,iPad 横屏可并排查看视频、字幕和学习操作。 聚能学提供播放器与学习工具,使用你自行准备的媒体和字幕;不提供影视资源库,也不会自动生成或翻译字幕。支持用英语、日语、韩语等语言的材料练习。 媒体和字幕默认在设备本地处理,不会默认上传到服务器。 如有问题或建议,欢迎通过应用内反馈或支持页面联系我们。

About

ShadowTuber

This app helps serious English learners improve their speaking skills through a shadowing technique. Import your own audio or video, and it transcribes and segments the content into bite-sized lessons for practice. It offers various playback and recording modes, with advanced pronunciation scoring available in the Pro version.

Highlights
  • Import custom audio/video
  • On-device transcription & segmentation
  • Sentence-by-sentence shadowing
  • Manual & auto playback modes
  • A/B recording comparison
  • Word-by-word pronunciation scoring (Pro)
  • Adjustable playback speed
Features
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**Shadower is a shadowing trainer for serious English speakers.** Stop hunting for subtitled material. Import your own English video or audio and Shadower transcribes it on-device, splits it into sentences, and turns it into a lesson you can shadow line by line. **Why Shadower** • Use your own material — podcasts, movie clips, news, lecture recordings. Anything goes. • Sentence-by-sentence shadowing — tap a line, hear it, repeat. Pauses scale to each sentence's length. • Manual & Auto modes — loop a single sentence to drill, or play continuously with N repeats each. • A/B recording — record yourself and switch between your take and the original instantly. • Word-by-word scoring (Pro) — on-device speech recognition compares your recording with the original and flags every miss. • 0.5×–1× speed — slow down to nail sounds, full speed to lock them in. **Fully on-device. Private by design.** Transcription, segmentation and scoring all run on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded or collected — your media and recordings never leave the device. **Weekly updates + your own media** Curated shadowing material is delivered weekly over the air; or import your own audio or video and start instantly. **Trilingual UI** — English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, switchable in Settings. **Pro** unlocks unlimited imports, any length, word-by-word pronunciation scoring, and the full lesson library. Subscriptions auto-renew; cancel anytime in system Settings. Turn "I understand it" into "I can say it." Start shadowing today. Privacy Policy: https://charlesxiangqianliu.github.io/shadower-site/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

聚能学4 screens
ShadowTuber4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ShadowTuber at every 3 days against 聚能学's every 10 days. 聚能学's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

聚能学 ships an update every 10 days, ShadowTuber every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
聚能学 versus ShadowTuber: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter聚能学ShadowTuber
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer斌 王Xiangqian Liu

In-app purchases

None

聚能学

No in-app purchases

None

ShadowTuber

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 聚能学 free?
聚能学 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShadowTuber free?
ShadowTuber is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 聚能学 or ShadowTuber have ads?
Neither 聚能学 nor ShadowTuber shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 聚能学 or ShadowTuber?
聚能学 ships an update every 10 days, and ShadowTuber every 3 days. Most recently, 聚能学 was updated on October 23, 2026 and ShadowTuber on October 9, 2026.

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